talk to john boehner and see what he would agree to. but there will be no logical appropriations process with respect to those issues in the lame duck. >> thanks. i was wondering who was among the first of the cabinet secretaries that will be asked to leave the administration? [laughter] >> i will defer to my democratic colleague. [laughter] i have some nominations. [laughter] >> i don't know what the plan is. usually in most administrations people kind of offer their resignation en masse and let the president figure out if there's any of them that they really gotta hang on to. my sense is a lot of the folks have already said they're leaving, so that probably will take place. but that's all i know. >> just to follow up on that, though, given the fiscal cliff and everything that's going on and the uncertainty, is there a need to provide some clarity at least on the treasury secretary appointment sooner rather than later? >> yes. yes. >> couldn't hurt. >> that's easy. [laughter] >> how soon though? >> tomorrow. [laughter] >> the markets a